TED.com exists as one of the Internet’s most beloved sources of
gratis education, with recorded lectures covering nearly the entire spectrum of
human inquiry. Healthcare, one of the most heated sociopolitical topics today,
naturally sees itself on stage with frequency. Professionals inside and outside
the field use TED to debut groundbreaking research, technological developments,
and philosophies that might very well mean millions of lives saved throughout
the upcoming generations.
Embrace, a nonprofit headed up by founder and
CEO Jane Chen, quells the tragically high infant mortality rates in developing
countries through inexpensive, portable, and electricity-free incubators. Not
only does this revolutionize medicine, it also ensures more opportunities for
babies who otherwise have none at all.
Explore the entirety of human surgery though
this illuminating, almost-20-minute TED talk by Catherine Mohr. As both a
surgeon and an inventor, she’s excited about the possibilities of robots
performing intricate, delicate procedures too teeny for clunky, sometimes
awkward human hands.
One of the world’s foremost Futurist thinkers,
who calls the highly lauded Cambridge University home, opens up about his
theories and research regarding the link between aging and disease. In fact, he
considers the aging process in and of itself a disease, one for which — should
a cure ever present itself — might unlock the key to living for a millennium or
more.
The future of mental health lay with
destigmatization movements by professionals, patients, their loved ones, and
organizations such as No Kidding, Me Too! and Bring Change 2 Mind. Here,
Stanford’s JD Schramm spends a few minutes discussing the importance of sharing
suicide survivor stories and demystifying an often unfairly demonized tragedy.
Perpetually advancing medical technology may
seem incredibly overwhelming to those in the field — and veritable
hieroglyphics to outsiders. But there is a method to deciphering the madness,
and this interesting (and graphic, fair warning) TED Talk lays it all out and
discusses how to best catch up with the latest reading and visualizing
strategies.
It may seem quite silly indeed to picture
humanity “domesticating” germs the way it does for dogs and horses, but doing
so might very well mean discovering permanent cures for serious diseases.
Microbiologist Paul Ewald literally waded through poo to start researching this
theory, which might mean completely reversing deadly bacteria’s hefty influence
over the developing world.
Like the title of this TED Talk states, some
startling advances in ultrasound technology might completely alter the shape of
surgery forever. Rather than riskily slicing open patients, issues with the brain
and other highly delicate organs (including cancerous tumors) might heal
themselves via far safer procedures than those more familiar to contemporary
medicine.
Thanks to some highly unfortunate political
maneuverings, Deborah Rhodes with Mayo Clinic cannot share her remarkable
machine that detects potentially cancerous tumors in the breast at up to three
times the efficacy of those in use today. Perhaps the future will see this
unfortunately tangled tale right itself, and millions of men and women who
might find their quality of life dipping thanks to a missed diagnosis will
experience an upsurge in health.
Smartphones managed to worm their way into
every facet of life already, so it probably comes as no surprise that medical
technology professionals explore its potential to heal diseases and injuries,
and are actually finding some pretty promising applications! Check out what one
respected cardiologist has to share about what that iPhone and Android might
very well mean in the hospital and doctor’s office alike.
Another seriously cool TED Talk about how
mobile technology may render healthcare even more sophisticated, not to mention
potentially life-saving! One of the more interesting ways both medical
professionals and the citizenry alike are harnessing its power involves
whipping up apps to find the nearest defibrillators in the event of a heart
attack or similar condition.
Harvey Fineberg’s engaging lecture covers one
of the greatest ethical debates of the current era, involving whether or not
humanity should use its current knowledge of genetics and cybernetics to either
halt or speed up the evolutionary process. Alternately, not bothering with
Robocops and Replicants at all and just letting everything unfold as DNA
intended.
Rather than diving into cadavers, the medical
students of the future might learn about the human body via innovative,
interactive, and life-sized touch screens offering up a little more insight
than the raw organic matter. It’s all the education with none of the mess —
plus the addition of computerized features such as zoom — which might also help
save cash-strapped schools a bit of money in the long run.
In a move sure to send the medical community
into a buzz of debates, University of California medical doctor David Agus
thinks genomics and proteomics play a major rule in oncology. He argues that a
more interdisciplinary approach to the serious issue, including computer
science, might very well prove far more effective in the long run than
conventional methods.
Thanks to sophisticated optic and digital
imaging improvements, prosthetic eyes might assist the visually-impaired in
finally seeing the world in high-definition. Watch in amazement as Sheila Nirenberg
illustrates how these technologies plug directly into the optic nerve and serve
as extremely effective intermediaries between the brain and the external
environment.
Pulling from his
experience as the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology’s
executive director, Thulasiraj Ravilla opens up about initiatives in India
ensuring equal eye-care opportunities for all citizens. Best of all, they work,
and he believes other countries and even human services might benefit immensely
from their strategies.
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